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France, 50th Anniversary of the Death of Jules Verne, 1955, a bronze medal by R.B. Baron, bust left, reverse balloon, map of part of the eastern hemisphere behind, 68mm (CGMP p.90; cf. DW 24, 331). Extremely fine (£20-30)

Jules Verne (1828-1905), French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction